There is no after pics yet because its not there yet but put the color on and clearcoat tonight. 4 coats each. Most scratches sanded out but used bondo 5 areas. Turned out pretty good for rattle cans. I found yamahasportsplaza.com has just about everything for these. The srx and strobe with powervalve in it are the ones I ordered for this job. I did order others that were just missing (little yami emblem on nose and tunnel decals from ebay). I will take a few pics tomorrow after masking is off. Color match looks perfect with 4 coats but we'll see after unmasked. The lines where old and new paint come together will be hidden either under a decal or on a body line. At least thats what I was shooting for. I can wet sand in 5 days and rub it out after that but no decals can be put on for at least 2 weeks. Knowing me, I'll have a heat gun on it everyday to speed up the solvent flashing. This is the areosol kit from color rite for a 2000 srx but I think all years were the same. They only go back to 2000. This sled is actually a 98 with 02 decals. The paint is expensive but the closest paint I can find from menards is Rustoleom cobalt blue metalic for like $4 a can. I used that mixed with some other semigloss blue(cant remember) for bellypan. This yami stuff is $33 a can. I am not experienced enough to buy in bulk and use my spray gun but I do for other things like suspension ect.
Oh yeah, the other decals I got are the pro-traction ones for trailing arms which were white and rusty like bad surface prep but that white was some of the hardest paint I ever removed.
Other cosmetic work I've done is polish tunnel like a mirror, replace the gauge pod, windshield, paint all front end components except springs, made hood screens out of my sons old grill covers from a silverado. Not much mechanical work, put in 96 more studs, replaced 6 idler wheels and repacked others, changed rear suspension settings, and a few more things. STILL waiting for the clutching parts. Will be here this week, maybe monday. Still have to dial in front suspension. Then get the arctic cat clutch crisis handled and set that one up. I only put 4 miles on that one so I'm sure I will find a ton of things to do.
